[CVALE] About the cp command...

Patrick Bennett stnick at bennettbungalow.com
Sun May 27 15:14:41 PDT 2007


"-f" == "force" no??

    -Patrick

Gaijin wrote:
>     Hello again,
>
>     I have a question about the cp command.  In trying to write a script 
> to set up Linux for sound, I'm trying to use the cp command to copy a 
> file from /cdrom to /etc/modules.  In Debian, all the files in 
> /etc/modules are appended together to create the /etc/modules.conf 
> file.  I may need to overwrite an audio card settings file in getting 
> the sound system configured, but I don't have access to the cp man 
> page.  I've forgotten the command line switch(es) to overwrite an 
> existing file "without question."  I think it was "-q" and/or something 
> else.  Could someone remind me what it/they are please?  Thank you,
>
>        Michael
>
>
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